eirik@labs.labs.tek.com (Eirik Fuller) (08/06/89)
Is there an ftp site with a Unix TeX distribution newer than the one in pub/tex on labrea.stanford.edu? I think that one is 2.95, but TeXhax V89 #70 claims 2.99 is in distribution. I'll post a summary of email replies if appropriate.
eirik@labs.labs.tek.com (08/14/89)
Thanks for the numerous replies to my query about Unix TeX sources via internet access. The latest tex.web, the master source, lives on score.stanford.edu, though apparently score is going away. No definitive word yet on what will replace it in this role. Besides tex.web, it helps to have the most current web2c, which is available on ics.uci.edu; note that this is considered less stable than the one on the UW distribution, in the sense that it might have untested changes. ics.uci.edu also has a copy of the web files from score; pub/web* are the files of interest. There are also TeX files of interest on june.cs.washington.edu, in ~ftp/tex/, but they don't track the full Unix distribution due to insufficient disk space. The distribution on labrea.stanford.edu is apparently the newest full copy of the Unix distribution available for ftp. It's probably only a matter of time before someone puts the contents of a newer tape online somewhere, though that one has certainly served me well. Thanks again to all who replied. Eirik
zwicky@coco0.istc.sri.com.uucp (Elizabeth Zwicky) (08/15/89)
In article <4483@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM> eirik@labs.labs.tek.com writes: >The distribution on labrea.stanford.edu is apparently the newest full >copy of the Unix distribution available for ftp. It's probably only a >matter of time before someone puts the contents of a newer tape >online somewhere, though that one has certainly served me well. The distribution on labrea is usually a copy of the most recent tape distribution; the tape doesn't change all the time, either. You can also get a copy via ftp to tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, which is usually a few days behind labrea, and which every so often picks up the complete style file archive from Clarkson as well (it is currently about 6 months behind Clarkson, though). Finally, Ohio State also makes all things it has available for anonymous ftp available for anonymous uucp as well; the uucp machine is "osu-cis". I don't have the instructions for anonymous uucp to hand, but they are posted regularly to the gnu groups, as Ohio State is a major Gnu redistribution point. Elizabeth Zwicky